Les Bains Des Docks, Le Havre, France


Icons usually become as such over many years, probably decades, but occasionally there’s a design that is so blisteringly captivating that it can achieve that status pretty much overnight.

Les Bains Des Docks – Jean Nouvel’s Roman thermal baths inspired aquatic centre in Le Havre, France – is very much an example of such a thing, a true modern icon.

Opening in 2008, the centre elegantly throws around boxes, clean edges and random shapes to offer a wonderful architectural fantasy with the brilliant.

Read the original blog post here on We Heart.

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